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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Oct 7, 2020 8:48:47 GMT
Mandrake was bored. After Lothar had carried him to this hospital after his encounter with a large voracious parasite which resulted in the magician having no choice but to ask Lothar to cut off his arm because he had a very slim chance of survival otherwise, he had been checked into the hospital. That was a week ago and he felt fine now. Though the parasite reeked havoc on his immune system before it was removed, Mandrake was back to normal now. It was the hospital staff that was being difficult on releasing him. Sitting up his sapphire blue eyes glittered with mischief. If they wouldn't let him out, he would let himself out. Being an escape artist made it simple even without the ability to become invisible. Since Lothar had taken their son LJ into town, Mandrake figured he would catch up with them. Hopping off the hospital bed with his feet softly touching the ground, the one armed magician snuck out of the hospital. After getting out of sight of the hospital, he used his telepathy as he walked so he would be able to track his boyfriend and son down.
Mandrake's staff was in Lothar's backpack inside their Infini-Store so it wasn't left behind as he walked the streets. Some locals stared and pointed at his missing left arm occasionally but he ignored them stopping briefly at a café to buy some tea to go before continuing searching for Lothar and LJ.
Meanwhile, Lothar was walking around a shop that was selling bionic arms while LJ rested comfortably on his right bicep while looking around. After being guided to some bionic limbs that were suited for magicians, Lothar had begun lifting various bionic arms suited to replace lost left arms as if unsure which one would suit Mandrake best. At least he was looking at limbs that made sense for a digimon of Mandrake's size but that didn't make things easier.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2020 21:32:20 GMT
Compared to the depths of the Macro Ocean, the mainland was so much more bustling! There were so many people going about their day, all of them each with their own agendas! You'd think it would be a little more than overwhelming for a traveling Gomamon, but he wasn't bothered at all! After all, Gomamon had plenty of fishies to call friends!
Oh, but he couldn't really talk with any of his friends over on the surface, so Gomamon was just a little bit lonely. But he knew that he'd see them again eventually! And he knew they'd come swimming if he ever really needed their help!
So with a smile on his face, Gomamon waded his way through the crowded streets. He was kind of small compared to most of the adult Digimon there, and the roads clearly weren't meant for someone of his size and fin length.
But Gomamon didn't mind that in the slightest! After all, the slower he moved meant the more time he had to get a look at this surroundings! It sure was weird not being able to swim anywhere but Gomamon figured he'd get used to it eventually.
And one thing he managed to spot was a one-armed Wizardmon making his way out of a hospital! Did Gomamon realize that Wizardmon were supposed to have two arms? Did Gomamon even know what a hospital was? No one but Gomamon would know the answer to that, but the marine Digimon looked at the Wizardmon with a wide grin. All he knew was that a bunch of other people were pointing and staring at him, so maybe someone should talk to him!
"Well howdy there!" He shouted out, waving towards the wandering Wizardmon. He didn't seem to notice or care that he was practically yelling across the street. "Golly gee, you sure seem to be gettin' a lot of attention! My name's Gomamon, but you can call me... Gomamon! Sure is nice to meet ya!"
Gomamon was traveling rather light. In fact, the only thing he had on him was a white and purple D-3 Digivice hanging around the rookie-stage Digimon's neck.
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Oct 12, 2020 22:01:43 GMT
Mandrake's heard a voice across the street and after focusing on the presences he sensed nearby, his attention was now on a Gomamon waving and yelling at him. 'Getting a lot of attention is a bit of an understatement.' Mandrake thought. Apparently the townsfolk weren't used to seeing those who had lost an arm wandering the street. Now that the Gomamon had brought it up he was starting to feel self conscious as he gazed at the torn sleeve that contained the stump that was now his left arm before his sapphire colored eyes gazed at the Gomamon and he crossed the street. Upon reaching the Gomamon, he said "You know you could of just crossed the street if you wanted to introduce yourself to me." Mandrake's tone was calm and friendly despite how uncomfortable the stranger had made him. He then said "My name is Mandrake and I left the hospital to meet up with my boyfriend and son."
Meanwhile, with Lothar and LJ, Lothar held one bionic limb in front of LJ and asked "What do you think of this one, LJ?" LJ hadn't liked any of the bionic arms that much but didn't seem to dislike this arm as much as the others. "I know you aren't found of any of these arms but this is only to help your Da-Da, Mandrake."
"Da-Da." LJ said before looking as if he was in deep thought. The little digimon had been trying to figure out what to call his parents since he had two dads. Then it seemed like the young digimon had his first epiphany as he then looked at Lothar with the magical light purple shimmer in his eyes before he said "P-Pa-Pa."
Lothar blinked in surprise. Had he heard LJ right? There was one way to find out as he asked "What was that, LJ?"
"Pa-Pa! Pa-Pa!" LJ exclaimed hopping twice.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2020 10:49:29 GMT
Gomamon wanted to get the Wizardmon's attention, and he certainly got it! Though for some reason Gomamon couldn't quite understand he seemed a little uncomfortable about something. Well, Gomamon was pretty sure it wasn't his fault! After all, all the marine Digimon did was give his howdy-doos!
So without losing his smile the Gomamon kept staring with his big, bright eyes. So yelling across the street wasn't a good thing? That sure was a weird rule! What if you needed to get their attention? Well, Gomamon would keep it under advisement from now on. But it sure was fortunate that the Wizardmon crossed the street to talk to him!
But... Gomamon really didn't have anything to say, really. He just thought it seemed interesting since the Wizardmon was drawing so much attention. But then Gomamon had a wonderful idea! If the Wizardmon was weirding people out, then all he had to do was have a normal conversation with him! That way all the passersby would see that the Wizardmon was just an ordinary Digimon!
"Nice to meetcha, Mandrake!" Gomamon answered. "I don't wanna bother ya, so we can talk while we walk, if ya want!" Granted, Mandrake would probably need to slow down his pace a bit if he wanted to let the Gomamon keep up with him. Short fins did not make for a quick walker. "So you've got a boyfriend and son, huh? That's pretty neat! You know, I never had a dad, let alone two, or any parents in general, really, so that's pretty cool! Oh, but I was a child once!"
Totally normal conversation achieved.
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Oct 13, 2020 22:00:04 GMT
"Not all of us are fortunate enough to have parents to care for us when were young since many digimon grow up in the Village of Beginnings." Mandrake said as he slowed his pace so Gomamon could keep up. "I was a child a short time ago myself though, considering everything I've been through it feels longer." Mandrake said as the digivice around Gomamon's neck caught his attention. "Gomamon, why do you have a digivice? Are you looking for your tamer?" he asked since most digimon didn't wear digivices as jewelery.
Meanwhile, after finishing at one more store, Lothar was walking down the street carrying a couple of shopping bags while LJ was babbling his new word. "Pa-Pa, Pa-Pa." LJ repeated happily. Boy would Mandrake be surprised to learn of this development. Soon Lothar was surprised to catch Mandrake's scent on the wind. What was he doing out of the hospital since he doubted the magician had been released. Increasing his pace he headed in Mandrake's direction. Mandrake would like soon sense him and LJ telepathically.
Lothar was right to make that assumption as Mandrake's eyes lit up as he sensed Lothar coming in fast. Real fast. Before he could say anything to the incoming Leomon, Lothar had set down the bags filled with what he bought and was right in front of Mandrake. "Mandrake, why are you out here? I doubt they released you from the hospital."
"You're right, Lothar, I snuck out. I was bored out of my mind and I had been back to full strength for several days so I have no idea why they were still holding me." Mandrake replied Gomamon seemingly forgotten for the moment.
LJ, who had been quite when his parents were talking, looked at Mandrake happily and said "Da-Da! Puni!"
"Hello to you too, LJ. Looks like you missed me despite only seeing me a few hours ago." Mandrake chuckled.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2020 22:33:18 GMT
"I don't know much about all that stuff," Gomamon admitted with a thoughtful expression. He had heard that most Digimon grow up in a mainland village. "Born and raised in the ocean, myself! This is my very first visit to the mainland! It's so different from the ocean! It's all... less dimensional and whatnot..." It certainly was a weird experience for Gomamon, not being able to swim his way up and down wherever he wanted. The whole being stuck to the ground thing was a different experience for him. Plus there weren't nearly as many fishies to make friends with. But instead of fishies he found a Mandrake, so things seemed to be turning out alright!
Speaking of, the one-armed Wizardmon pointed out the Digivice around Gomamon's neck. He looked down at it and shrugged. "It just appeared to me one day while swimmin'. I spoke with my friends about it, and they told me that I had to find a human to give it to! I don't really get it, but if someone lost it, then I should return it, right?" He nodded to himself. "And I figure if I just travel around the Digital World a bunch I'll be bound to find its owner! And if I'm wearing it around my neck then they'll recognize it! So my plan's foolproof, and I get to travel around a bunch! I've never been to the mainland before, so this is gonna be really fun!"
Then a Leomon carrying a small baby Digimon approached them. He seemed to be familiar with Mandrake. Plus Mandrake mentioned that he had a son and boyfriend. The Leomon mentioned something about a hospital. That was where they kept all the sick people, right? So there was something wrong with Mandrake. Gomamon tilted his head as he looked the Wizardmon up and down.
"Hmm... He looks fine to me! He's walkin', talkin', I assume he's breathin', so he's probably just fine!" Gomamon stated as if he knew what he was talking about. Which he did not. Regardless he gave the newcomers a wave. "I'm Gomamon, by the way! Nice you meet ya'll!"
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Oct 15, 2020 23:01:50 GMT
So Gomamon was exploring the mainland while looking for the owner of the digivice. It did seem strange for such a thing to be found in the ocean of all places. Maybe the owner dropped it over a boat or it was possible that Gomamon was meant to be partnered with a human. Who knew? "There is a certain appeal in exploring the unknown, isn't there?" Mandrake asked the Gomamon.
As Mandrake and Lothar were talking, Gomamon spoke up making both of them look at the rookie digimon. Lothar was not one to talk to strangers immediately so Mandrake took over. "Gomamon, This is Lothar and our son LJ. While I am fine now, a few days ago I wasn't so lucky." Mandrake began to explain as Lothar became visibly uncomfortable. "Only a short time ago I had the misfortune of being infected by a large voracious parasite that attached itself to my left arm after it came out of the sea and tried to consume LJ. Unfortunately we later learned that day that if the parasite wasn't removed I wouldn't of survived that night so I had no other choice but to ask Lothar to cut off my arm. As for the parasite, it was destroyed by a tamer's Stingmon partner since without a host the creature was vulnerable to harm." Glancing at Lothar, who looked visibly ill at the memory of what he had no choice to do, Mandrake rested his right hand on Lothar's forearm in an effort to calm him.
"Pa-Pa, Pu?" LJ squeaked causing Mandrake to look at the young one in surprise.
"It seems LJ has picked up a new word while you two were shopping."
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2020 13:46:43 GMT
"Tell me about it! There's plenty to explore in the ocean, but things get pretty samey when ya spend too much time there! So I reckoned I'd go out and explore the land a lil' bit!" Gomamon's eyes lit up as he spoke up about his plans. This was probably something he'd been wanting to do for a while now, and finding the Digivice was only the catalyst of his little journey.
Gomamon listened intently to Mandrake as he explained his situation and at the end of it he nodded thoughtfully. To be honest, he didn't exactly follow along too well with all the parasite stuff, but things seemed to be alright. "Well, it's good that you're just fine now! Maybe you're one arm down, but you've got the other one, still! Plus you still got a partner and kid, so I'd say it's still a win in my book!" He grinned as he thought of a pun. "So even if you need a hand sometimes, it's not like you're alone, am I right?"
Was that a little too insensitive or a little too soon? Probably, but the young Gomamon didn't see anything wrong with it.
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Oct 17, 2020 21:16:29 GMT
Growling could be heard from Lothar as Mandrake's efforts to calm him were not working. Before Mandrake could say anything Lothar set a surprised LJ into Mandrake's remaining hand and suddenly ran off as tears streamed down his face. "Lothar wait!" Mandrake called out to no avail. Mandrake knew that he would have to catch up to Lothar since his boyfriend had run off to fast for him to stop him. It seemed that chopping Mandrake's arm off was still affecting Lothar emotionally even though Mandrake understood it had to be done.
"Da-Da? Pa-Pa? Puni?" LJ said as he started to quietly cry.
Looking down at Gomamon, Mandrake then said "I may be lucky to be alive, Gomamon, but it seems Lothar has yet to recover from those events." Then his gaze turned to the bags Lothar left behind and he telekinetically lifted them and headed for a nearby bench sitting down before setting the bags down again. "If Lothar doesn't return shortly, we'll go looking for him. With my telepathy he'll be easy enough to track down in this town."
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2020 21:49:02 GMT
Gomamon looked confused as he saw Lothar run off crying. Welp. Didn't expect that reaction. He wondered what was up with him. He looked over towards Mandrake, who telekineticaly lifted stuff up and sat down on a bench. Gomamon nodded in understanding. So the land-dwellers could all use telekinesis! That made sense, seeing as they were always stuck to the ground! Telekinesis must make things a lot easier to move around!
"It's okay!" Gomamon assured the Wizardmon and baby L.J. He turned over towards the direction ran off towards, then back to the father and son. "I'll go talk to him for you! I'm pretty good at this sort of thing!" Was he really? Well, no one knew for sure, but Gomamon certainly seemed to think so. "So wait here while I go fetch your boyfriend!"
And with that, Gomamon took off, making his way in the same direction that the Leomon went towards. It wasn't good to run away from your family, after all!
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Oct 17, 2020 22:08:14 GMT
At least this time Gomamon didn't assume he and Lothar were married when that was not currently the case and before Gomamon had took off, Mandrake said "Lothar may not talk to you since he doesn't usually talk to strangers immediately." Whether the little rookie listened was another matter as he took off in the direction Lothar ran off in. Lothar was fast but he hadn't gotten more than a few minutes away at most for a Gomamon that had spent little time on land. Turning his focus on LJ, Mandrake said "Don't worry, LJ, everything will be alright." He set the purple Punimon in his lap before messaging the feelers on the baby digimon's head. LJ, though still not happy, was starting to settle down.
Lothar now that he had gotten a little ways away took a deep breath through his nose. Yes he had left hastily but his own guilt from what happened with the parasite when he cut off Mandrake's arm. The scream Mandrake let out when Lothar cut off his arm was still present in his mind and he clutched his head and closed his eyes as if trying to will away the memory of the pain he caused.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2020 8:46:11 GMT
Of course Gomamon wasn't going to listen to such a silly reason such as shyness? Why would anyone be shy from talking to new people? That just didn't make any sense to the aquatic Digimon! So Gomamon kept up his little trek to find the fleeing Leomon, looking left and right for any clues of where he might be. A crying lion Digimon might attract attention, and he passersby all seemed to be distracted by something.
So it was clear the Gomamon was getting close. Still, judging by their differing movement speeds, Lothar would eventually outpace Gomamon so the marine Digimon had to do something about this immediately.
Gomamon wasn't entirely sure about what was going on, but apparently Lothar had to cut off Mandrake's arm, right? So maybe he was feeling a little guilty about that? Either that, or he didn't want to hold the child anymore!
"Hey, Lothar!" Gomamon yelled out into the crowd. "Even if you cut of Mandrake's arm, you shouldn't be running away!" His face still had a smile as he said this. "Way I see it, if you're blaming yourself for cutting off Mandrake's arm, then you should make it up to him by constantly staying by his side! Otherwise some other Digimon's gonna come and chop off his other arm, or the arms of your kid! All because you were too much of a coward to own up to what you did!"
And just in case, Gomamon spoke up again. "And if it's because you don't want to be a dad anymore, that's fine, too! Plenty of Digimon grow up without parents, so you can be as inattentive as you want! After all, the baby is lucky to still have Mandrake, even though he only has one arm to take care of him! But he has telekinesis, so it'll be fine... probably!"
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Oct 18, 2020 11:22:44 GMT
Lothar heard Gomamon's voice above the crowd and released his grip on his head. Turning in the direction the rookie's voice was coming from he saw various digimon moving away as if thinking Gomamon had lost his mind. Now Lothar was staring at the Gomamon who had single handedly managed to somehow clear the street. Hearing the Gomamon's words made Lothar twitch his tail angrily as he swiftly walked over to Gomamon and said "You have a lot of nerve judging me when you weren't even there in the first place." Then Gomamon's next words made him angrier and he began growling. Somehow Lothar was able to regain control of himself as he clenched his hands into fists so tightly he almost hurt himself before he said "Just because I walked away for awhile doesn't mean I don't love my son or Mandrake."
"Lothar calm down. I think Gomamon was just trying to help." Mandrake said as he came into sight carrying LJ in his right hand while telekinetically lifting the bags Lothar left near him. After Lothar had not returned after a few minutes Mandrake had gotten up and used his telepathy to track Lothar down.
"Mandrake, I..." Lothar began before going silent and slumping his shoulders in defeat.
"I know, Lothar. If I had known this would have shaken you so much I would have insisted that you not be the one to cut off my arm." Mandrake said as he set the bags on the ground before approaching Lothar. Then Mandrake used his telekinesis to set LJ on the ground next to the bags. Mandrake then placed his right hand on Lothar's arm before he said "We'll get through this, old friend." Before Mandrake could say anything else Lothar pulled Mandrake into a hug.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2020 20:32:02 GMT
Lothar sure seemed angry for some reason, and Gomamon didn't seem to know why. Maybe he just had problems with his anger? That must have been it! After all the only other reason would be that Gomamon said something offensive to the Leomon, and that couldn't be right! Gomamon was only trying to help, after all! "Of course you care, ya big goof!" Gomamon stated. "You're all broken up about chopping off your boyfriend's arm! But you shouldn't run away! After all, you've got a kid together, and since Mandrake lost an arm, he's gonna need more love and support than ever! So running away is just plain cowardly and selfish!"
He nodded a couple times and Mandrake had caught up to the group, managing to calm down the furious Leomon. They started to hug it out, and Gomamon considered for a second joining in on the hug, but instead he looked around awkwardly, then looked back to his Digivice. He pointed it at baby L.J., playfully whispering, "Digivolve!" He winked at the child before turning back to the pair.
"Everyone's all happy again, right? So... does anyone know where I can find this thing's owner?"
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Post by ricochet6-Mandrake on Oct 20, 2020 0:02:47 GMT
As Lothar hugged Mandrake he thought of the words Gomamon said before Mandrake caught up to them. After putting Mandrake gently down, he looked at Gomamon and said "I'm sorry that I got angry at you, Gomamon. Your right about me being a selfish coward."
"Lothar, your not a coward nor are you selfish. I..." Mandrake began.
"No I am a coward. No wonder the nurses were glaring at me like I was a monster."
"Forget about them, Lothar. They aren't important." Mandrake said.
When Gomamon whispered digivolve LJ looked at him confused before he said "Pu?"
Mandrake and Lothar looked at the digivice around Gomamon's neck and at Lothar's confusion, Mandrake explained how Gomamon found it while in the ocean. Mandrake then asked "Do you have any clues to go on, Gomamon? After all digivices don't just appear somewhere for no reason."
"It's not like the owner is just going to appear out of nowhere to claim it either." Lothar replied.
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